NGSS Energy Activities

$22.97 SAVE 30% OFF list prices plus a FREE BONUS! This set of NGSS energy activities includes 6 NO or LOW PREP activities! Includes engaging activities, graphing practice, hands-on stations, a low-prep lab, and a fun project for energy transformations – all designed to SUPPLEMENT and add FUN to an existing energy unit!

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This bundle includes the following:

1. Hands-On Forms of Energy Stations (Free bonus!)
2. Energy Transformations Matching
3. Energy Claims and Evidence Activity
4. Potential and Kinetic Energy Lab (Easy Supplies!)
5. Graph How Mass and Speed Affect Kinetic Energy (2 versions to choose from!)
6. Energy Transformation Toy Project

INDIVIDUAL DESCRIPTIONS:

1. Hands-On Energy Stations (FREE BONUS): Let kids experience each form of energy HANDS-ON! Includes 9 station cards, one for each form of energy. Each station has kids “play” with a form of energy.

2. Energy Transformations Activity: Help middle school students recognize the energy transformations that occur in the world around us. Students are given 30 colored picture cards of things like hairdryers and solar-powered cars and then complete a graphic organizer to record energy forms before and after. (Includes a Google Slides version, too!)

3. Energy Claims and Evidence Activity: Use REAL-LIFE examples to help students make connections between the factors that affect potential energy (height and mass) and the factors that affect kinetic energy (mass and speed). (Includes a Google Slides version, too!)

4. Potential and Kinetic Energy Lab: Easy supplies – only tennis balls (link to cheap ones) and meter sticks are needed! This is a RIGOROUS and THOROUGH version of the popular bouncing balls potential and kinetic energy tennis ball lab. Three different sections explore (1) kinetic and potential energy, gravitational potential energy, and the law of conservation of energy (2) GPE and height, and (3) GPE and KE.

5. Graph How Speed & Mass Affect Kinetic Energy: This activity has middle school students calculate (simple math, middle school appropriate) and GRAPH how MASS and SPEED affect kinetic energy. Choose either data from different cars or data from different sports balls (or do both!).

6. Energy Transformation Upcycled Toy Design Project: Challenge students to create a toy based on ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS using upcycled or recycled materials. Clear, simple instructions lead to GREAT projects with students of diverse abilities! Students can use whatever they have at home to design their toy, so it doubles as an upcycling project, as well. This is a fun one!

Teacher Notes:

• These NGSS energy activities are not editable.
• Supports NGSS Standards: MS-PS3-1, MS-PS3-2, and MS-PS3-5
• An answer key is always included.
• If the resource has an option to assign in Google, a link is provided in the downloadable PDF.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-PS3-1: Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
• NGSS MS-PS3-2: Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
• NGSS MS-PS3-5: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.